Shin-Ōsaka Station

Shin-Osaka Station (新大阪駅, Shin-Ōsaka-eki)[lower-alpha 1] is a railway station in Yodogawa-ku, Osaka, Japan. It is the western terminus of the high-speed Tōkaidō Shinkansen line from Tokyo, and the eastern terminus of the San'yō Shinkansen. The lines are physically joined, and many trains offer through service.

Shin-Osaka Station

新大阪駅
Shin-Osaka station building in 2018
Location5 Nishinakajima, Yodogawa-ku, Osaka
Japan
Operated by
Location
Shin-Osaka Station
Location within Japan

Shin-Osaka is about 3 km from the older Ōsaka Station. The new station was built in 1964 to avoid the engineering difficulties of running Shinkansen lines into the center of the city. The JR Kyoto Line and subway Midōsuji Line provide convenient connections to other stations around the city center.

Lines

JR

Shin-Osaka Station

新大阪駅
JR station
Shinkansen tracks
Location5-16-1 Nishinakajima, Yodogawa-ku, Osaka
Japan
Coordinates34°44′0.54″N 135°30′0.41″E
Operated by
Line(s)
History
Opened1964

Station layout

The JR station consists of four island platforms serving eight tracks for JR West Lines at ground level, with two side platforms and three island platforms serving eight Shinkansen tracks operated by JR Central located on the fourth level, over the platforms and tracks for the JR West Lines in the east. There was a space on the east side of former Track 18 from the opening of the station, where another platform serving current Tracks 17 and 18 is located, and the existing services shifted eastward one platform at a time (and renovations performed on each newly vacated platform), with the westernmost platform used by services on the Osaka Higashi Line, was commenced by the 16 March 2019. On the north side of the station, an additional Shinkansen platform serving Track 27 was located on March 16, 2013. (This northern area was originally reserved for a connection from Awaji Station and Jūsō Station by Hankyu Railway, but these plans were later cancelled and the space unused).

1  Haruka limited express for Kyoto, Kusatsu, and Maibara
 Kuroshio limited express to Kyoto
2  Limited express trains termination platform
 Osaka Higashi Line for Hanaten and Kyūhōji
3  Haruka limited express for Kansai Airport
 Kuroshio limited express for Shirahama, Kii-Katsuura and Shingu
4  Hida limited express for Takayama
 Thunderbird limited express for Fukui, Kanazawa and Wakura-Onsen
5, 6  JR Kyoto Line for Suita, Takatsuki, and Kyoto
7, 8  JR Kobe Line for Osaka, Amagasaki, Ashiya and Sannomiya
 JR Takarazuka Line (through to the Fukuchiyama Line) local trains for Takarazuka and Shin-Sanda
9, 10  Kounotori limited express for Fukuchiyama and Kinosaki Onsen via the Fukuchiyama Line
 Super Hakuto limited express for Chizu and Tottori via the Chizu Express Chizu Line
 limited express trains and express trains to Osaka
20  San'yō Shinkansen Hikari, Kodama starting for Okayama, Hiroshima, and Hakata
Mizuho, Sakura for Kumamoto and Kagoshima-Chūō
21, 22  San'yō Shinkansen Nozomi, Hikari, Kodama for Okayama, Hiroshima, and Hakata
Mizuho and Sakura for Kumamoto and Kagoshima-Chūō
23  Tōkaidō Shinkansen for Nagoya and Tokyo
 San'yō Shinkansen extra trains for Okayama, Hiroshima, and Hakata
24, 25, 26, 27  Tōkaidō Shinkansen for Nagoya and Tokyo

Limited express trains

for the Hokuriku Main Line
for the Tōkaidō Line, and the Takayama Line
for the Hanwa Line, the Kansai Airport Line, and the Kinokuni Line
for the Fukuchiyama Line
for the Sanin region via the Chizu Express Chizu Line

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Tōkaidō/San'yō Shinkansen
Kyoto   Nozomi   Shin-Kobe
Kyoto   Hikari   Shin-Kobe
Kyoto   Kodama
services from Tokyo
  Terminus
Terminus   Kodama
services from Hakata
  Shin-Kobe
Terminus   Mizuho   Shin-Kobe
Terminus   Sakura   Shin-Kobe
Tōkaidō Main Line (JR Kyoto Line)
Kyoto (JR-A31)   Limited Express Super Hakuto
Limited Express Hida
Biwako Express
  Osaka (JR-A47)
Kyoto (JR-A31)
Takatsuki (JR-A38)
  Limited Express Thunderbird   Osaka (JR-A47)
Terminus   Limited Express Kounotori   Osaka (JR-A47)
Kyoto (JR-A31)
Takatsuki (JR-A38)
  Limited Express Haruka   Tennōji (JR-R20)
Kyoto (JR-A31)   Limited Express Kuroshio   Nishikujō (JR-O14)
Tennōji (JR-R20)
Takatsuki (JR-A38)   Special Rapid Service   Osaka (JR-A47)
Ibaraki (JR-A41)   Rapid Service   Osaka (JR-A47)
Higashi-Yodogawa (JR-A45)   Local   Osaka (JR-A47)
Osaka Higashi Line
Kita-Umeda (JR-F01)
(proposed)
  Direct Rapid Service   Hanaten (JR-F08)
Kita-Umeda (JR-F01)
(proposed)
  Local   Minami-Suita (JR-F03)

Osaka Metro

Shin-Osaka Station

新大阪駅
Osaka Metro station
Midosuji Line station platform
Location5-15-5 Nishinakajima, Yodogawa-ku, Osaka
Japan
Coordinates34°44′0.51″N 135°29′54.73″E
Operated byOsaka Metro
Line(s)Midōsuji Line
Other information
Station codeM13
History
Opened1964
Passengers
FY2016139,241 daily[1]

Station layout

This station has one island platform with two tracks on the third level, located to the west of the platforms and tracks for the Shinkansen.

3F
Platform level
Platform 1 Midosuji Line towards Nakamozu (Nishinakajima-Minamigata)
Island platform, doors will open on the right
Platform 2 Midosuji Line toward Senri-Chūō (Higashi-Mikuni)
2F Mezzanine Ticket gates, ticket/ICOCA/PiTaPa machines, station agent, restrooms
Passageways to JR and Shinkansen platforms
G Street Level Exit/Entrance
1  Midōsuji Line for Umeda, Namba, Tennoji, and Nakamozu
2  Midōsuji Line for Senri-Chūō

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Midōsuji Line (M13)
Higashi-Mikuni (M12) - Nishinakajima-Minamigata (M14)

Surrounding area

Inside the station

  • Nippon Travel Agency TiS Shin-Osaka
  • JR Tokai Tours Shin-Osaka Branch
  • Osaka Prefectural Police, Railway Police Force Shin-Osaka
  • Osaka Noren Meguri restaurant (in the paid area for the Shinkansen)

North

  • Shin-Osaka Hankyu Building
  • Mielparque Osaka
  • Hotel La Foret Osaka
  • Via Inn Shin-Osaka West
  • Konami Sports Club

South

  • Nissin Foods
  • Shin-Osaka Washington Hotel Plaza
  • Osaka Prefectural Police, Railway Police Force Headquarters

East (Hinode Side)

  • Shin-Osaka Youth Hostel
  • Shin-Osaka Station Hotel
  • Life Corporation

See also

Notes

  1. Shin means new in this context

References

  1. "路線別駅別乗降人員" (PDF). Osaka Municipal Transportation Bureau. November 8, 2016. Retrieved May 6, 2017.
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